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Etching of a standing youth, a seated bearded magus with a monkey, a horned bull, and a stone sarcophagus under a tree.

Standing Youth and Seated Magus with Monkey on Leash, plate 18 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Pencil-like sketch of a harbor town with rooftops, a tall tower, and masts reflected in still water.

Inner Harbor

Childe Hassam, 1910

Hand-colored etching of a curly-haired woman in a blue dress seated at a table beside a potted flowering plant.

Virginia Modeling

Jerome Myers, 1910

Pencil sketch of a seated nurse in a white veil at a table with a candlestick and statue beside her.

Red Cross Nurse

Childe Hassam, 1910

Hand-colored print of three men in 18th-century dress with powdered wigs walking on a hillside, one gesturing mid-conversatio

College Friends Out for a Walk

Pierre-Alexandre Wille, 1810

Engraved decorative border of putti riding sea monsters and dolphins over rippling waves.

Decorative Panel: Sea Monsters

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1540

Engraved ornamental panel with a central landscape medallion, winged figures, garlands, censers and putti in relief.

Ornamental Panel Surmounted by a Medallion with a Sacrifice, plate 5 from the Livre de Diverses Grotesques Peintes da…

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Grey lithograph of a French cruiser on harbor water with a shoreline of smokestacks and buildings behind it.

French Cruiser

Childe Hassam, 1910

Engraved ornament plate with interlocking acanthus leaf scrolls on a grey-tinted ground.

Ornament & vases, pl. 1

William Darling, 1770

Engraved plate of symmetrical jewelry designs with floral garlands, oval frames, scrollwork and teardrop pendants on cream pa

Jewelry Designs

S.H. Dinglinger, 1750

Lithograph of three decorative friezes with acanthus scrolls, a swan, a heron, putti, a medallion bust and a fruit basket.

Three Friezes and Ornamen

Gottfried Engelmann, 1810

Engraving of a reclining winged male figure on a rock beside foliage and an ornate scroll, on a cream sheet.

The Letter S

Giovanni Battista Betti, 1770

Engraving of nude Hercules raising a club over the fallen fire-breathing Cacus beside rocks, with a cow head peeking out.

Hercules and Cacus

Sebald Beham, 1540

Black and white plate of neoclassical friezes with swans, urns, scrolls, rosettes and fluted columns, labeled Pl. 3.

Frieze and Ornamental Bor

Gottfried Engelmann, 1820

Colored caricature of a helmeted young warrior with spear facing a bearded older man in a purple robe before classical column

Telemaque Rendu a la Vertu

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Engraving of peasants behind a woven hedge with a pig, a tree, and two German inscription banners above.

Peasants Behind the Hedge

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of Hercules strangling the giant Antaeus in a rocky landscape beside a tree, both figures nude.

Hercules and Antaeus

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraved oval portrait of a bishop in a dark cassock and white collar, with a cross pendant and a coat of arms below.

Portrait of Francois de Nesmond

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Engraving of turbaned hunters with dogs attacking a lion beneath a large flowering palm tree.

Lion Hunt

Jean Baptiste Scotin, 1730

Engraved ornamental plate with a curling acanthus scroll and spiral end above a band of rosettes on blue-grey paper.

Ornament & vases, pl. 5

William Darling, 1770

Engraved ornamental panels with scrolling foliage, a bearded mask beneath a fruit bowl, and an old man with two children.

Ornamental Foliage with a Mask and a Bowl of Fruit (Autre, offrant au milieu d'en bas un mascaron...) Ornamental Foli…

Enea Vico, 1530

Engraved title page with the words Calligraphia Latina framed by twisted columns, winged putti and ornate flourishes.

Title Page "Calligraphia Latina," in Dissertatio epistolaris de calligraphiae nomenclatione...

Johann Caspar Schwab, 1750

Engraved plate showing eight Chinese-style vessels including a tripod censer, a fish vase, a monkey ewer and a bamboo teapot.

Designs for Tableware, Plate XV of Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils

Sir William Chambers, 1750

Textile design with dense red, black and white flowers, tulips and leaves on a dotted background.

Design for Printed Textile

Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1810

Engraving of a seated woman in a headscarf leaning on a palm tree, with a reclining figure and pipe at lower right.

Femme de MATSMEY a la terre d’Ieço

François Boucher, 1730

Engraved still life of a wicker basket overflowing with tulips, peonies and other flowers, with butterflies around the bouque

Basket with Flowers on a Table, Plate 8 from the series Livres de plusieurs paniers de fleurs [Flowers in a Basket]

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, 1690

Etching of a seated woman in a robe holding a parasol in a rocky landscape, with a French caption below.

NIKOU femme Bonze ou Religieuse Chinoise

François Boucher, 1730

Engraving of Christ enthroned on clouds with Mary and John the Baptist, and St. Paul and St. Catherine below.

Jesus Christ, the Virgin and St. John the Baptist with Saints Paul and Catherine

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Engraving of soldiers attacking mothers and infants in a paved street before an arched bridge and city towers.

Massacre of the Innocents (without the Fir Tree)

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510

Engraving of the Deposition: men on ladders lower Christ from a cross while mourners kneel below before a distant town.

The Deposition

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Black and white circular knot pattern with interlaced rings and a central monogram, framed by leaf motifs and scrolls at the

The Sixth Knot, from Dürer's Six Knots

Albrecht Dürer

Engraving of Jupiter, Mercury and Venus on clouds with an eagle and doves, a nude figure below blowing a trumpet.

Venus Complains to Jupiter

Master of the Die, 1520

Engraving of haloed saints with a central woman holding an organ, angels playing violin and harp above, instruments at feet.

Saint Cecilia

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510

Engraved print of the Coronation of the Virgin, Christ crowning Mary beneath God the Father, with saints, angels and a lion.

Coronation of the Virgin

Master of the Die, 1530

Engraving of an 18th-century couple greeting near a sedan chair, with a domed church and arched doorway behind them.

Les Précautions (The Precautions), from Le Monument du Costume

Pietro Antonio Martini, 1770

Engraving of Saint Paul preaching to a crowd before classical Athenian colonnades and a round temple, with an armored soldier

Saint Paul Preaching at Athens

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Engraved print of a flower-filled basket on a ledge, with butterflies and moths flying above the blooms.

Plate 10, from set of Flowers in a Basket

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, 1680

Engraving of the Betrayal of Christ with soldiers holding torches and swords seizing figures in a crowded scene.

Betrayal of Christ, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of moored sailing ships and their reflections on a calm harbor, with riverfront buildings and a smokestack at right.

Below Chestnut Street Bridge

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Engraved semicircular fan leaf design with two cherubs, a flower urn, acanthus scrolls, fruit garlands and butterflies.

Fan leaves, Fifth and sixth plates of the set, "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Encrans, et autres Ornamens, inv…

Alexis Loir, 1670

Etching of a bearded seated man with skulls and animals, onlookers, and a boy playing a pipe among tree trunks.

Seated Magus Observing Skulls, and Other Figures, plate 5 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etching of a grinning flame-haired figure holding torches, standing on a bent man's shoulders against a dark background.

Subir y Bajar (Up and Down)

Francisco Goya, 1800

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child beside a seated bearded man, with a castle landscape and God among clou

The Holy Family with Butterfly

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Misty brown-toned print of a brewery with a tall chimney beside a river, with rowboats in the foreground.

Lion Brewery

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Engraved sheet with six oval portraits of US presidents surrounding a central building vignette, titled Presidents of the Uni

Portraits of United State

Frederick T. Stuart, 1890

Loose charcoal sketch of a man in a vest seen from behind, standing in a cluttered workshop with bottles and a press.

Joseph Pennell

Childe Hassam, 1910

Engraved rococo design with a dog and spotted horse, birds including a peacock and parrots, and an ornate scrolled border.

Print - Jean Baptiste Scotin, 1730

Jean Baptiste Scotin, 1730

Etched ornamental friezes with acanthus scrolls, putti and an oval landscape vignette, with a title cartouche below.

Friezes: Title Page for the set "Frises Feuillages et autres Ornemens..."

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Etching of an elderly man grieving on a stone bench as figures gesture around him beside a wooden door and tree.

Joseph's Coat Brought to Jacob

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of two walking couples on grass, one man carrying a sword, with German month inscriptions above.

January and February

Sebald Beham, 1540

Etching of two bearded men in turbans with a boy holding a staff, a fallen figure at their feet, and bare trees behind.

Two Magi and a Boy, plate 13 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etched portrait of a bearded older man in a light headwrap and ornate belt with a cameo, against a dark hatched background.

Raccolta di teste

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Red-ink engraving of a basket of tulips, poppies and lilies arranged within a ruled border.

Basket of Flowers, Plate

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Engraving of a ragged kneeling man before robed figures under a tree, with a town and mountains in the background.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Engraving of two couples in 16th-century dress walking on grass, one man raising his hand, with inscribed names above.

March and April

Sebald Beham, 1540

Charcoal sketch of warships in a harbor under a sunburst breaking through clouds, with a small tugboat in the foreground.

Return of the Fleet

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etching of Christ seated by a well speaking with a woman, with ruins and a small crowd in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of St. Jerome writing at a table in a study, with a sleeping lion and dog on the floor and a skull on the sill.

St. Jerome in his Study

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Chiaroscuro print of Apollo playing a lyre beside a seated satyr, Marsyas, in an oval frame, in blue and green tones.

Apollo and Marsyas

Antonio Maria Zanetti, 1720

Engraving of a bearded bagpiper in a turban playing bagpipes while leaning against a tree trunk.

The Bagpiper

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Etching of an elderly man in a dark study gazing at a glowing disc with letters before a gothic window.

Faust in His Study, Watching a Magic Disc

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Engraved design of a tiered epergne with shell bowls, flowers, scrolls and two putti, on a plain page.

Epergne, from "Disegni Di

Czech Maximilian Joseph Limpach, 1710

Engraving of the Holy Family in an arched niche: Mary holds the Christ Child while Joseph reads an open book beside them.

The Holy Family with a Sack

Ferdinando Gregori, 1770

Sepia drawing of a seated shepherd seen from behind, facing a small dog standing on its hind legs in a grassy landscape.

Seated Shepherd Playing with a Dog

Flemish Gilles Demarteau, 1770